Millenium: The Movie

While having hasty lunch with my cousin, I suggested to go to movies after our hospital hours to relax after all the hardship we've been going through. Well, it is mostly her, as two weeks ago, she managed to finally let go of her seven years of relationship. Then, I really doubt they will go back together again due to all the hatred they're holding towards each other now. Ah, finally, she doesn't want to keep the Wii, so I'm broke and stuck with it, not even having time to play with it...it is a boring thing, to hit the Wii alone. I'm so broke, but even paid for her car gas 'cuz the girl forgot her wallet in her mom's purse, yet we still wanted to have fun: dining out and movie. =D

Anyways, so we chose to go watch Millenium although neither of us had read the book. It wasn't the most relaxing movie ever, but a very clever storyline. My personal negative point is that the whole movie is about rape. I'm personally sensitive towards that. During the first 'official' rape scene, I had to get up because nausea was catching up (might be because I chow down the dinner within 15min and we were sitting too close to the screen). Those scenes of Lisbeth being forced on oral sex and then the next one, we saw her tied down and being raped...I just had to leave. It somehow triggers back certain memories one had wished to forget (not that exact same situation had happened to me). The main crime is just about rapes, those killers without remorse, raping and murdering for the joy of it, not having mercy on his own daugheter and sister.

Seriously, what's wrong with people? They're not even human. I just felt the same way when I saw the movie Taken, although it wasn't as intense since the movie was so boring, but hey, human traffic for sex? What if that girl was your mother or your daughter? I know very well that this kind of situation exists and hell of a scary thing to travel alone =( Honestly, I can't comprehend sexual relationships without respect and consent. I probably will never understand the reason behind that. (We once had a raped patient on the unit, I didn't dare to go see her. Apparently, the man (a friend) beated her up so bad she's unrecognizable. Coworkers say that it is obvious he wanted her to die.)

Nevertheless, I'm interested into reading the second and third book as I want to learn more about Lisbeth...I'll probably take the Renaud-Bray gift card that I got on Sat for my late bday to buy the book, hoping, it isn't seriously about rape. The sex scenes were too real for me to think that they were only pretending. But it felt so good to witness a woman who can protect herself like she did : sticking the fake penis into his ass and tatooing him...well, not every woman can do this, right? In most movies and reality, either women endure it, leave, or end up murdering the person. And God knows that death is not the best revenge.